Excerpt from Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology: The Mechanism of Muscular Movement Kinesiology is the science of bodily movement. It includes a study of the principal types of muscular exercise, with inquiry as to how they are performed, how they react on the body, and their relation to the problems of bodily development, bodily efficiency, and the prevention and cure of certain defects and deformities. To make such a study it is necessary to analyze complex movements into their simplest elements, note carefully what bones, joints, and muscles are involved, what part each muscle has in the work, and under what mechanical conditions its work is done. There are two main reasons for our interest in the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.